Everest | 2013 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2013 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Christopher Klinke. Summit reached on 23rd May 2013. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8054
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER13155
Peak ID EVER
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Christopher Klinke
Sponsor Rolwaling Excursion Everest 2013
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Indonesia, Poland, Sweden
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2013-04-21
Summit Date 2013-05-23
Summit Time 0500
Summit Days 32
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2013-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 8
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Summited Lhotse (LHOT-131-05)
Campsites BC(21/04,5350m),C1(27/04,6000m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(02/05,7300m),C4(21/05,7900m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes BC 21 Apr 5350m C1 27 Apr 6000m C2 28 Apr 6400m C3 02 May 7300m C4 21 May 7900m Smt 23 May by Klinke, Johnson, Meyer, Hallstrom, Cieszewski, Rimbawan, Luthpi, Tashi, Furtemba, Damai Chhiri, Lhakpa Tshering, Nima Kanchha, Angdu, Mingma Chhiri, Shyam Bahadur Tamang at 5 am. Team arrived at South Col at 10 am on 21 May. They were intending to summit on 22 May, but weather was bad at 9:30 pm, so they deferred to 23 May for a summit attempt. Summit team and Wroblewski left C4 between 8 pm and 9:30 pm. Weather was calm and clear. At 9 pm Wroblewski turned back at 8100m due to lack of motivation. Rest of team continued. Spent 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at 6 pm. Wroblewski had waited at C4 for them and descended to C2 with them. On 24 May to BC. Sherpas: Angdu, Gaurishankar-3, Dolakha, 10/9/79 Mingma Chhiri, Beding, Dolakha, 19/1/72 Damai Chhiri, Sikli, Jubing, 19/6/75 Furtemba (Phurba Temba), Gaurishankar-3, Dolakha, 11/10/84 Syam Bahadur Tamang, Simigaon, Ghaurishankar-3, Dolakha, (2036/7/7) Lhakpa Tshering, Namche-3, Khumbu, (2040/7/25) Nima Kanchha, Thame, Khumbu, (2036/5/14) Tashi, Namche, Namche-3, (2036/1/05)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462859
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Fajri Al Luthfi M 1985 Indonesia Climber Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Piotr Marek Cieszewski M 1973 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Economist Details Other expeditions
Claes Torbjorn Hallstrom M 1964 Sweden Climber Farsta, Sweden Sales IT systems Details Other expeditions
Brad Allen Johnson M 1955 USA Climber Ridgeway, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christopher John (Chris) Klinke M 1969 USA Leader Ann Arbor, Michigan Great Trango Holdings Details Other expeditions
Eric Fredrick Meyer M 1964 USA Climber Steamboat Springs, Colorado Physician Details Other expeditions
Hari Thomas Mix M 1985 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Doctoral student Details Other expeditions
Martin Rimbawan M 1985 Indonesia Climber Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Alpinist & photographer Details Other expeditions
Jerald Lee (Jerry) Sisk M 1940 USA Climber Brighton, Colorado Physician Details Other expeditions
Bartlomiez Piotr (Bart) Wroblewski M 1975 Poland Climber Poznan, Poland Attorney Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Temba (Furtemba) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Damai Chhiri Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Sikli, Jubing, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Kanchha Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Angdu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Gaurishankar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Shyam Bahadur Tamang M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Chhiri Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER13155 - - http://k2klinke.blogspot.com/ - - -